Dr. Manmohan Singh took oath today as the PM for the second time. He had taken oath as the PM for the first time on the same date, May 22, five years back.
In addition to Dr. Singh, Pranab Mukherjee, Sharad Pawar, A K Antony, P Chidambaram, Mamata Banerjee, S M Krishna, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Sushilkumar Shinde, [...]
Flush with the success of the Lok Sabha elections, the four pre-poll allies of the Congress have begin negotiating for their share of the pie.
UPA allies battle for their share of the spoils, Hindustan Times, May 20 2009
The DMK has already asked for seven cabinet positions. I guess their logic is that if they ask [...]
Dr. Manmohan Singh has become the Prime Minister for the second consecutive term. He was appointed as the PM by the victorious UPA alliance. UPA was also able to show support of 322 MPs in the letter it presented to the President Pratibha Patil. Given this strong show of support, the President has not asked the [...]
Update: Mar 22 2009 - BCCI president Shashank Manohar announced that IPL 2 will be held outside India. He held the state governments responsible for this decision.
In a nation where both Cricket and politics rank high on national obsession/religion/way of life, the Home Minister’s request to Cricket’s Indian Premier League (IPL) to postpone it’s matches [...]
The UPA Government today rejected Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) N Gopalaswami’s recommendation for removal of Navin Chawla as Election Commissioner. Mr. Chawla is expected to become the CEC in a day or two.
CEC’s recommendation rejected, Navin Chawla to stay, Indian Express, Mar 1 2009
A Rashtrapati Bhawan communique said President Pratibha Patil has accepted [...]
As the elections are coming closer, the main stream media (MSM) appears to be toeing the official government line. News articles are reporting the achievements of the UPA government and highlighting the fringe elements in the opposition parties to belittle their qualifications to rule the country. The press has been emphasizing the age factor of [...]
The UPA Government released the interim budget today with mixed reviews. Finance minister, Pranab Mukherjee, presented the budget in the Lok Sabha. Revised budget estimates for 2008-09 increased to Rs 9,09,053 crores from Rs 7,50,884 crores.
Key points of this budget include a significant increase in the Defense outlay, increased allocation to flagship projects and [...]
As the last budget session begins for the UPA government, the annual budgets will be presented soon. And in a election year, they are bound to be populist in nature with lots of free sops being distributed among the electorate.
Today, Friday the 13th, the Railway budget was submitted by the Railways Minister, Lalu [...]
The Indian Economy is expected to slow down faster than thought in the past. The International Monetary Fund has predicted in it’s World Economic Outlook that our economy will only grow at about 5%. While this may be a positive number compared to the growth predicted in the western countries in Europe and Americas, [...]
Continuing with it’s solutions to India’s economic crisis, the UPA government today unveiled the second stimulus package. Provisions included simplifying foreign borrowing rules for firms in the infrastructure and real estate sectors, and raising the foreign investment limit in corporate bonds to $15 billion.The Government also said it was preparing to recapitalize state-run banks [...]
